Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; condolences for the death of Charles Elphinstone Fleeming; the news of the serious illness of his sister Mrs Keith Erskine; and the education of natives in India in letters from George Jervis (Mss Eur F88/119/58) and George Norton (Mss Eur F88/119/81). Also includes letters from Lord Elphinstone (for example, Mss Eur F88/119/11), which provide an update of an ongoing dispute between him and the Court of Directors, regarding his decision to move the seat of government from Madras to somewhere better suited to his health
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
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- Dates of Creation19 Dec 1839-31 Jul 1841
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